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	National Reconstruction Bureau (Home Page)
		Updated Versions of Provincial Local Government Ordinances are now available on NRB website
		President's speech at the Nazim's Convention held in Islamabad on 12th November 2005
		The Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government Ordinance, 2002 [ English Version
	www.nrb.gov.pk (181 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation > America's War on Terror -- Pakistan government gives tribesmen two weeks to expel foreign terrorists
		The deadline was an indication the government might launch an all-out military operation in parts of Waziristan, where Pakistan and U.S. security forces looked for Taliban and al-Qaeda remnants.
		PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistan on Monday gave tribesmen two weeks to expel foreign terrorist from their regions in northwest Pakistan, the focus of a recent hunt for al-Qaeda suspects.
		Hundreds of Taliban and al-Qaeda suspects are believed hiding in the regions, counting on local tribes' sympathy for their cause.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/terror/20040405-0717-pakistan-al-qaidahunt.html (299 words)

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		A guide for local entrepreneurs and businesspersons, "Setting up Call Centers in Pakistan" aims to create awareness among investors and venture capital companies to explore Pakistan's IT sector for the growth of their business.
		An easy and secure way for businesses to outsource projects to a global pool of high-quality service providers.
	www.pseb.org.pk (52 words)

	Free Republic latest articles
		[snip] THE SIX marine terminals on the East Coast that PandO Ports manage are owned by state or local governments, but the day-to-day management of those facilities is contractually leased -- outsourced -- to PandO at a set...
		Mukhtaran Mai, 33, was brutally raped on the orders of a tribal council in her remote Punjabi village in 2002 as punishment for her brother’s alleged affair with a woman from a powerful local clan.
		Staying silent is the safest course for most women subjected to rape, violence and sometimes murder in Pakistan and the rest of South Asia by male relatives or...
	www.freerepublic.com (5463 words)

	Asia Cases 2004
		Journalists who attended a press conference held by the director-general of the Pakistan Postal Services in Lahore were physically assaulted by postal service employees and an army officer, according to local news reports and sources.
		The government effectively stopped all advertising revenue from both federal and provincial government sources to the Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications, which is one of Pakistan's leading media organizations and publishes more than 10 daily newspapers and magazines.
		Local journalists say that this action is an attempt by the government to pressure and control independent newspapers in Pakistan.
	www.cpj.org /cases04/asia_cases04/pak.html (5463 words)

	ADB Approves $200 Million Package to Boost Social Services Delivery in Pakistan's Punjab Province - ADB.org
		In addition, the Punjab government will receive a TA grant of US$20 million from DFID to strengthen sector and program management and monitoring, support policy reforms, and boost social sector governance and development of local governments.
		The Government initiated a sweeping and complex devolution program in 2001, which included devolution of social services, including health, education and water supply and sanitation, to local governments.
		Recognizing this, the Pakistan Government is pursuing an ambitious reform agenda aimed at putting the economy on a stronger and more stable footing.
	www.adb.org /Documents/News/2004/nr2004190.asp (633 words)

	Govt accused of meddling in election process -DAWN - National; August 2, 2005
		Mr Khetran, who is a member of Pakistan Peoples Party central committee, said that while on the one hand the government had announced party-less local body elections, it was using all official resources for the success of ruling party candidates, on the other.
		The Pakistan Peoples Party leader appealed to the Chief Election Commissioner, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, to take notice of the Balochistan government’s interference in the non-party local government elections and restrict it from using official resources in favour of the PML-backed candidates.
		QUETTA, August 1: The former Pakistan Peoples Party federal minister, Mir Baz Khan Khetran, has alleged that the government was interfering in the local body election’s process to get the ruling party’s candidates elected in different areas of Balochistan, including Barkhan.
	www.dawn.com /2005/08/02/nat30.htm (265 words)

	Subdivisions of Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since the 2001 Local Government Ordinances, Pakistan has embarked on a radical restructuring of the local government system.
		Currently, Pakistan is subdivided into four provinces, two territories, and also portions of Kashmir that are administered by the Pakistani government.
		The government is implementing a devolution plan which, in its words, "follows the principle of subsidiarity, whereby all functions that can be effectively performed at the local level are transferred to that level.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Provinces_of_Pakistan (317 words)

	Article on "Pilot Project for Providing Internet Services in Northern Areas of Pakistan": Centre de recherches pour le développement international
		Under the Universal Internet Access plan, soon to be announced by the Government of Pakistan, telecom operators will carry telephone calls to the nearest Internet POP at the cost of a local call (un-metered).
		The project focuses on the use of Internet services by the local population, local government, and locally operating non-governmental and international organizations.
		COMSATS is pursuing SCO, the local telco, to provide dial up access to the whole of Northern Areas including Skardu, etc., to connect to the Gilgit POP Internet Service under this new scheme.
	www.idrc.ca /subventions/ev-9824-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html (736 words)

	Subdivisions of Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Currently, Pakistan is subdivided into four provinces, two territories, and also portions of Kashmir that are administered by the Pakistani government.
		The government is implementing a devolution plan which, in its words, "follows the principle of subsidiarity, whereby all functions that can be effectively performed at the local level are transferred to that level.
		A system of local government councils was established, with the first elections being held in 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan (314 words)

	Asia Times: Journalists rail against Pakistani press laws
		ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's government says that they are meant to ensure media independence, but local journalists are wary over a new set of press laws awaiting the approval of the federal cabinet.
		And since the government is the major advertiser in Pakistan, they argue, media owners are bound to toe the official line.
		Most journalist organizations also argue that any code of ethics would be workable only after the government enacts the promised Freedom of Information Ordinance, which they suspect has been put in cold storage.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/DC05Df05.html (314 words)

	TAP: Web Feature: The International Anthrax Scare. by Alyssa R. Rayman-Read and Cara Feinberg. October 18, 2001.
		Papers cite reports of defections within the Taliban, raising hopes in the U.S. and Pakistan for possible future inclusion of moderate Taliban officials in a broad based Afghan government.
		The Leaders : President of the Congress Party, Sonia Ghandi, reportedly told Secretary of State Colin Powell during his peace-making visit to the region that cross border terrorism between Pakistan and India is a more pressing concern than conflict in Kashmir.
		Meanwhile the Omaid Weekly, an Afghan paper published in Virginia and read widely by Afghan expats in the U.S., theorizes that Pakistan is covertly tied with bin Laden and the Taliban, a strategic relationship which might be corrupting and misleading the U.S. counter-offensive that relies on Pakistani intelligence and diplomacy.
	www.prospect.org /webfeatures/2001/10/rayman-read-a-10-18.html (314 words)

	JRC News Letter November 1999
		Omar Asghar Khan, federal minister for local government, labour and environment, while giving his key note address here on the occasion stressed that freedom of information is a prerequisite to ensure devolution of power to the lowest ebb of society.
		President Punjab Union of Journalists, Ruman Ehsan said that freedom of expression was priority of neither the democratic or autocratic governments.
		President Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), I.
	www.syberwurx.com /jrc/dialogues/Dialogues2000/january.html (314 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines
		He was addressing a meeting of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) at a local hotel Peshawar on Thursday.
		He said that the government was firm on its commitment to eliminate obscenity from the society, however he appealed to the owners of newspapers to discourage the publication of objectionable material and pictures in their publications.
		He said that the Chief Minister NWFP had announced the establishment of a welfare fund for journalists while their demands regarding housing colony for journalists and foreign tours were also under the consideration of the government.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/sept03/19/08.html (314 words)

	washingtonpost.com: In Pakistan, a Press Only So Free
		The government's response was not to arrest the vandals but to order the newspaper's offices sealed and to detain the five staff members under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law, which makes it a crime to "offend the sentiments" of Muslims.
		Government sources said the newspaper's managers believed the letter might have been planted by their competitors and that officials felt they could not intervene to stop the attacking mob because it could have inflamed the religious fury even further.
		Local religious leaders, in turn, complained that the government did not act fast enough to clamp down on the newspaper after the letter appeared and that their followers' rage was a "natural reaction" to the blasphemy.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A12543-2001Feb15?language=printer (314 words)

	94041: Pakistan-U.S. Relations
		Pakistan's counternarcotics efforts are hampered by a number of factors, including: lack of government commitment; scarcity of funds; poor infrastructure in drug-producing regions; government wariness of provoking unrest in tribal areas; and corruption among police, government officials, and local politicians.
		In April 1997, the Parliament passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the constitution, which deleted the President's former Eighth Amendment powers to dismiss the government and to appoint armed forces chiefs and provincial governors.
		Pakistan's road to full democracy is still lined with many pitfalls, including wide- scale corruption, volatile mass-based politics, and continuing lack of symmetry between the development of the military and civilian bureaucracies and political institutions.
	www.fas.org /spp/starwars/crs/crs94041.htm (8028 words)

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		Earlier, senior journalist, Ahmed Hasan Alvi, while speaking on disaster reporting in Pakistan, maintained that it was responsibility of the newspaper management and government to provide the journalists with adequate facilities and funds for disaster reporting.
		Secretary General PFUJ Ms Fauzia Shahid said that journalists in Pakistan are working in the worst circumstances and it is really hard for them to come over the professional and personal challenges facing them.
		Amjad Bhatti, the co-ordinator of Journalists Resource Centre, Islamabad, raised a question about the distribution of lands by the former Prime Minister in hazard-prone areas in Thattha and if the government departments were aware of the lands being hazard-prone.
	www.syberwurx.com /jrc/workshop.html (8028 words)

	Pakistan Peoples Party - PPP Exploring / Reporting Dhaandlies And Corruption dhaandli, dhandli, dhaandlian, election, rigging
		KARACHI, July 22: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, PPP MNAs Nawab Yousuf Talpur, Mir Aijaz Jakhrani, and MPA Jam Saifullah Dharejo have said that the democratic and liberal majority of the people was being excluded from the process of local bodies election under a conspiracy.
		D H A A N D L I - Tradition of Pakistani Politic - Our Culture - Our Ministers - Their Criousity - Greediness - Report us at info@dhaandli.com
		Government candidate for Nazim, Gulzar Khushi in UC 4 Issa nagri, Gulshen Town on the inauguration of his election office distributed Zakat Cheques issued by the government of Sindh.
	www.dhaandli.com (1495 words)

	Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The mainly Pashtun tribes that inhabit the areas are fiercely independent, but until friction following the fall of the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan the tribes had mostly friendly relations with Pakistan's central government.
		The region is only nominally controlled by the central government of Pakistan.
		Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are areas of Pakistan outside any of the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 mi²).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas,_Pakistan (453 words)

	Aazami thesis abstract
		Major causes are attributed to ineffective institutional arrangements such as inadequate property rights and enforcement, lack of local participation and empowerment, and misguided government policies.
		Abstract: Pakistan 's forest resource base is mostly found in the mountains of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
		The study was conducted in three villages of Kohistan region by selecting two villages in the Western Himalayas in Kohistan District and one village in the Hindukush mountains in Swat District of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan.
	www.rdg.ac.uk /idc/researchfiles/Abstracts/jahangir.htm (368 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Pakistan
		While administration officials said that parties would be allowed to participate in future elections to the Senate and national and provincial assemblies, local government elections, scheduled to be held in December, were to be conducted on a non-party basis.
		Indeed, that influence was apparent from the government's abrupt withdrawal-in the face of planned protests by religious groups-of plans to restrict application of Pakistan's much criticized blasphemy laws and to repeal laws providing for separate elections for members of religious minorities.
		Many local observers maintained that a major consequence of curbs on political parties and activism was that the relative influence of mainstream religious parties-whose authority General Musharraf largely refrained from challenging-would grow.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k1/asia/pakistan.html (1922 words)

	Pakistan - Pakistan: Punjab Education
		The education policy package the Bank is supporting at the provincial and local level focuses on free tuition and books, upgrading school facilities, contract teacher recruitment to fill vacancies, stipends for girls in backward areas and public funding of non-government – independent, low-cost private – education, eventually through grade ten.
		The overarching goal of the Government of Pakistan over the past five years has been to drive education reforms aimed at universal primary enrollment by 2015, and to bridge the gender gap at primary level by increasing girls’ participation from the existing 42 percent of total enrolment to 50 percent by 2007.
		In Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, a combination of political leadership, reform vision and support from institutions like the World Bank is seeing early success in driving these numbers in a positive direction.
	www.worldbank.org.pk /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/PAKISTANEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20613672~pagePK:1497618~piPK:217854~theSitePK:293052,00.html (873 words)

	Pakistan: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns
		The government of Pakistan has failed to protect individuals - particularly women, religious minorities and children - from violence and other human rights abuses committed in the home, in the community, and while in legal custody.
		Pakistan: Statement of Dr. William F. Schulz, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, On the Treatment of Rape Survivor Mukhtaran Bibi By the Pakistani Government
		Urge the government of Pakistan to publicly act to fully respect and protect the rights of Pakistani women, so that cases like Ms.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/pakistan/index.do (873 words)

	India - News - Pakistan To De-weaponise Tribal Areas
		He said the government was determined to end the gun culture in Pakistan that he said was the legacy of the Afghan-Soviet war in the 1980s and the ongoing separatist insurgency in Kashmir.
		Semi-autonomous tribal areas in NWFP and Baluchistan are home to large gun markets where local tradesmen specialise in producing cheap copies of foreign assault rifles and other weapons.
		ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military government intends to launch an unprecedented campaign to retrieve weapons from its tribal people in Baluchistan and North West Frontier Provinces, a report said on Friday.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/pakdeweaponise.html (873 words)

	Pakistan - Economic analysis of government's policies, investment climate and political risk.
		Pakistan government also provides protection to people who move from one province to another; they have to inform the local "Municipal Court" that they are moved from one city to another.
		Pakistan practices British laws and regulation regarding domestic and international security agreements but Army has a control over the civil government and when the leaders want to change the political situation of the government the armed forces does it by itself.
		Pakistan is an Islamic republic; of its population 97 percent are Muslim's, 2 percent are Christian's and 1 percent are Hindu's or Buddhists.
	www.mkeever.com /pakistan.html (7304 words)

	Pakistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Pakistan
		Pakistan is a federal republic comprising four provinces: Sind, Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Baluchistan, administered by appointed governors and local governments drawn from elected provincial assemblies; Tribal Areas, which are administered by the central government; and the Federal Capital Territory of Islamabad.
		Despite this and the refusal of six Supreme Court judges in Pakistan to swear an oath of allegiance to the new military government, the trial finally began in January 2000.
		Pakistan's test-firing of missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads was seen as deliberately antagonistic by India, and troop build-ups on the Kashmir line of control continued.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Pakistan (5721 words)

	Unasylva - Vol. 9, No. 3 - Forestry and technical assistance in Pakistan
		The outcome was a request from the Government of Pakistan for the establishment of two forestry projects under the foreign aid program of the United States Government.
		West Pakistan, except for the upper slopes of the mountains that flank it on the north and west, is hot and dry.
		The land area of West Pakistan is 200 million acres and the population 33.8 million persons, giving a population density of 109 per square mile.
	www.fao.org /docrep/x5376e/x5376e06.htm (4645 words)

	Pakistan
		The ordinance also allowed those suspected by the State Bank of Pakistan of defaulting on government loans or of corrupt practices to be detained for 15 days without charge (renewable with judicial concurrence) and, prior to being charged, did not allow access to counsel.
		Tension along the Line of Control between Pakistan and Indian-held Kashmir was high during the year, and there was shelling in several sectors; however, in November, the country and India announced a ceasefire.
		Under the Madrassah Registration Ordinance of 2002 all madrassas (religious schools) were required to register with the Pakistan Madrassah Education Board and provincial boards or else risk being fined or closed.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27950.htm (4645 words)

	$200 Million Approved for Second Phase of Resource Management Program in Punjab, Pakistan
		The first phase, approved in 2003, improved the short- to medium-term fiscal management of the provincial government, enabling higher spending for the social sector and the effective devolution of social service delivery to local governments.
		In addition, ADB's Punjab Devolved Social Services Program is helping the provincial government to meet its spending targets for the sector and improve mechanisms for fiscal transfers.
		The loan is for the second phase of the Punjab Resource Management Program (PRMP).
	www.adb.org /Media/Articles/2005/8994_Pakistan._resource_management_program_Punjab (448 words)

	2004 in Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		March 27 - Pakistan Army troops that battled foreign militants and their local supporters in South Waziristan are winding up their operation.
		Pakistan's stock market has been one of the best-performing stock markets (so far) of the 21st Century.
		April 29 - Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has earned net profit of Rs 19.53 bn in first three quarters of the current financial year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_in_Pakistan (448 words)

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